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<p class="MsoNormal">I have just uploaded beta versions of both NeXpy and the nexusformat packages (v2.0.0b1). I would welcome any feedback on the new functionality as well as any issues you may encounter, before the official release of v2.0.0 is finalized.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Significant new features are the ability to:</p>
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Rotate 2D plots so that cuts and projections can be made along non-orthogonal axes. 1D cuts can also be made along arbitrary directions by dragging with the Shift key depressed.<br>
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package, although paths to different definitions directories can be specified so that it is possible to test changes to the XML files before creating a PR.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt;background:white">See the<span class="apple-converted-space">
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</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt;background:white">with relevant tracebacks.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt;background:white">With regards,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt;background:white">Ray Osborn</span></p>
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Ray Osborn, Senior Scientist<br>
Materials Science Division<br>
Argonne National Laboratory<br>
Lemont, IL 60439, USA<br>
Phone: +1 (630) 252-9011<br>
Email: ROsborn@anl.gov</p>
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